Holy Week

In addition to the liturgical ceremonies, particularly solemn throughout the week and accompanied by the liturgical music of the Musical Chapels, one must remember the traditional paraliturgical rituals among which the most beautiful are in Assisi: Holy Thursday the “Deposition of the Crucifix” (“Scavigliazione”) relic of a fourteenth century lauda of the Passion (Cathedral of S. Rufino); Holy Friday: in the morning, the transfer procession of the Dead Christ from the Cathedral of S. Rufino to the Basilica of S. Francis, with stops at the cloister convents; in the evening, the suggestive procession attended by all the confraternities begin from the Basilica throughout part of the city.